Boris, Khan of Bulgaria, although baptized by …
Years: 870 - 870
Boris, Khan of Bulgaria, although baptized by Constantinopolitan Rite, approaches the pope with a proposal to establish an independent Bulgarian church with Roman rites.
Receiving no response, he turns back to Constantinople and in 870 achieves his goal of a Bulgarian archbishopric within the imperial sphere.
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People
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- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Bulgarian Empire (First)
- Bulgarians (South Slavs)
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Macedonian dynasty
